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List:       cmake
Subject:    Re: [CMake] find_package and CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
From:       Maik Beckmann <beckmann.maik () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2010-10-19 7:48:36
Message-ID: AANLkTi=JJ3iACD3mv0J42Ls+z7Hi8qAiqpzpG4hnQF-S () mail ! gmail ! com
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2010/10/19 Michael Wild <themiwi@gmail.com>:
> 
> While I agree that it should be added to the documentation of find_package, it is \
> what most people would expect (except when they get bitten by it). Most people \
> would be pretty stumped if CMake wouldn't search in the installation prefix. 
> My 2 cents...

I did expect that CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is searched before the sytem
prefix, because usually an explicit setting done by the user overrules
a default.

But I can understand that this might cause trouble when creating
packages for Linux distros.
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